babyhead
Well-known member
I am in the planning phase of constructing a magnetic pickup assembly to my upright bass, but before I get to deep, I wanted to pose my idea to the minds of this forum. This is what I am thinking of doing:
http://www.emginc.com/displayproducts.asp?section=Bass&categoryid=28&catalogid=119
I have 2 EMG-40J pickups that I would like to mount side by side at the end of the fingerboard. These specific pickups have a // configuration and will cover each string equally. I would then combine the 2 pickups in parallel to the output. No tone or volume.
With the pickups now close together and the string aperture 90 deg relative to the pickup's design, I'm thinking I may run into some problems.
Will I now have phase issues with the middle strings?
Will the string passing through the length instead of the width of the pickup translate the waveform correctly?
I have had a P bass pickup on an upright before and it was amazing except that you could never get the poles to sit under the strings correctly. The D string sucked. If this works, you might feel the air move. :twisted:
Thanks-
:guinness:
http://www.emginc.com/displayproducts.asp?section=Bass&categoryid=28&catalogid=119
I have 2 EMG-40J pickups that I would like to mount side by side at the end of the fingerboard. These specific pickups have a // configuration and will cover each string equally. I would then combine the 2 pickups in parallel to the output. No tone or volume.
With the pickups now close together and the string aperture 90 deg relative to the pickup's design, I'm thinking I may run into some problems.
Will I now have phase issues with the middle strings?
Will the string passing through the length instead of the width of the pickup translate the waveform correctly?
I have had a P bass pickup on an upright before and it was amazing except that you could never get the poles to sit under the strings correctly. The D string sucked. If this works, you might feel the air move. :twisted:
Thanks-
:guinness: